Tag Archives: applied mythology

'The Guardians of the Galaxy' beautifully, gorgeously, captures two of the most cherished principles in all of myth and story: (a) that there is latent power within us, and (b) together we are powerful.

The Batman movies are powerful because they suggest a more realistic and productive way to deal with our negative emotions, especially fear and anger. We do not deny them, oppress them or run from them, but neither do we indulge in them and let them slowly eat us up from the inside.